, 1887-07-28
Convicted Boodler Escapes.

CHICAGO, July 24.-W. j. McGarigle,
q convicted boodler, has escaped. All
day to-day every available policeman
and detective in Chicago were trying
vainly to find him. kilograms had
been sent all over the country with
the hope of heading him off, but
Notwithstanding these efforts towards
his recapture little hope is entertained
that he will ever again be in the
custody of the people Of Cook county,
a people at whose unlawful expense he
throve and fattened on for years. Last
evening sheriff Matson took McGarigle
to his residence and while there he
asked permission to take ~ bath. He
was permitted to enter the bath house
and close the door. In few minutes
the sheriff called for the prisoner but
the bird had flown. Although McGar-
igle was in the custody of the sheriff on
the case for which he was tried and
convicted he was still under bonds of
over 100000 on twenty other indict-
ments. His bondsmen are M. G. Nc
Donald and prominent merchant E.
j. Lepman. This evening States At
torney Grinnell declared unqualfiedly
that the bondsmen were still liable,
and that unless McGarigle was recap
tured the bonds would certainly be
forfeited. A novel theory to explain
the disappearance of McGarigle was
quite generally discussed this evening.
The idea was nothing less than that
he had been taken away. His former
partners in the DOODLE ring were the
persons suspected OF making way
with him. The motive ascribed is
fear that McGarigle whom they knew
was negotiating with the states attor-
ney would make such disclosures as
would beyond peradventure send all
indicted commissioners to the peniten-
tiary, and also involve persons not in
Office, but of infinitely greater impor-
tance than have yet been brought to
book. States attorney acknowledged
tonight that the sticking point in the
conference between he and McGari-
gle was the refusal of the latter to say
he would give information duplicating
M. @. Mcdonald. To bear out the
kidnapping theory, attention was
called to a number of suspicious cir
cumstances slight in themselves, but
greater stress is laid on the fact that
recapture meant to McGarigle vigor-
Gus prosecution on twenty-one addi-
tional indictments while disclosure
such as desired would guarantee him
freedom and no risk except from the
anger of his associates. Information
that States Attorney Grinnell could
not keep his engagement with McGar-
agile was, it seems, communicated to
McGarigle before 6 80 p. m. McGari-
gle was greatly disappointed and
pleaded with the sheriff to be taken to
his home anyhow as Chief Clerk
Doherty would be there, McGarigle
said, to make final settlement Of the
ex-warden's accounts. Doherty was
not at McGarigle's residence and
denied tonight having had any ap-
pointment with him. This fact
coupled with the statements of neigh
bors that horse and buggy were in
waiting last night near McGarigle's
house, tend to conform the popular
belief that matters were pre-arranged.
AS the residence is within fifteen min
utes walk of the pier at Evanston,
where II tug might easily have been
taken, the inference is drawn in some
quarters that McGarigle is afloat on
Lake Michigan safe on his way to the
Straits OF Mackinaw.